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Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash

July 22, 2020 by Dinner Tonight

Is your garden exploding with squash? You’ll be adding this cheesy dish to your regular lineup. Add some beef to create a main dish or enjoy this Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash as a side.


Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash
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Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash
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Ingredients
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • 1 small spaghetti squash 3lb
  • 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 1/3 cup tomato sauce Italian herb, canned
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 2 teaspoons canola oil cooking spray
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Instructions
  1. Clean and sanitize your workspace. Pull back your hair and wash your hands.
  2. Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray 9” x 13” baking dish with olive oil cooking spray.
  3. Slice spaghetti squash in half, lengthwise. Scrape out seeds of spaghetti squash.
  4. Spray each halve of spaghetti squash with canola oil cooking spray and sprinkle garlic salt and fresh ground pepper on each halve.
  5. Turn face down into baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until tender. Size of spaghetti squash may vary its cooking time.
  6. Once tender, use a dinner fork to scrape the inside of the spaghetti squash into a bowl. Caution: Spaghetti Squash is hot. Use hot pads to hold squash while scraping.
  7. Pour mozzarella cheese into the bowl of spaghetti squash, add tomato sauce, and stir.
  8. Add spaghetti squash dip back to spaghetti squash bowl. Top with parmesan cheese.
  9. Bake for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Recipe Notes

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: fall, spaghetti squash, squash, vegetables, Vegetarian, winter, winter squash

Strawberry Pecan Salad

February 25, 2020 by Dinner Tonight

Bored with your normal salad routine? Throw some color into this mix this week with this recipe from Logan B! 


Strawberry Pecan Salad
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Ingredients
Salad
  • 6 ounces baby spinach leaves fresh
  • 6 ounces baby spring mix fresh
  • 1/2 medium red onion sliced into bite size pieces
  • 1 cup sliced strawberries
  • 1 cup grapes
  • 11 ounces canned mandarin oranges drained
  • 1/2 cup Raspberry Vinaigrette recipe below
Candied Pecans - Optional
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1 cup pecan halves
Raspberry Vinaigrette
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup raspberry preserves
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 cup raspberries
  • 1 teaspoon basil
Servings: 1 cup
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Salad
  1. Wash and dry spinach leaves and spring mixed greens. In a large bowl layer 1/2 the spinach, greens, red onion, strawberries, grapes, and pecans and repeat to create the top layer. Finish salad by playing the oranges on top. Drizzle Dressing over top of salad before serving.
Candied Pecans
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine brown sugar and orange juice. Add pecan halves, stirring to coat. Spread in a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until nuts are browned and syrup is bubbly, stirring once. Pour out onto a lightly greased baking sheet, separating into single nuts. Cool on a wire rack. *Addition of candied pecans will change nutrition information
Raspberry Vinaigrette
  1. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until well combined. Pour in a jar and refrigerate until chilled. *yields 6 - 1/2 cup servings.
Recipe Notes

*Nutrition label includes salad and 1 (1/2) cup serving of raspberry vinaigrette recipe. Addition of more dressing or candied pecans will change nutrition information.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Salad, side dish

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